Islamic Revival

  Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhī rājiʿūn. Indeed, to Allah we belong, and to Him we are returning. It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Farhat Amin, host of the   Smart Muslima   podcast and best-selling author of a range of inspiring books that defend and promote hijab, as well as encouraging marriage as an Islamic alternative to feminism and promiscuity. She had been battling cancer for the past three years.   [1]   [2] Known in the British Muslim community and beyond for tackling challenges faced by Muslim women and girls in the West, Farhat was unafraid of dealing with sensitive topics including the objectification of hijab, the changing dynamics of Muslim marriage, and the consequences of modern feminism on women’s well-being. Her husband,  Muhammad Jalal  — a political scientist and educator who is the host of  The Thinking Muslim  podcast — said of her passing, It is with great sadness that I announce the deat...

On Sunday the 1st of January, a deputy provincial governor in the Iranian capital said that homeless women in Tehran who are drug-dependent and who also practice prostitution should be encouraged to be sterilized. He stated that over 20 percent of them have AIDS and they spread various diseases and that in addition to spreading depravity, these women reproduce like hatching machines and as their children have no guardians, they sell them. He commented, “There is a project, a reality, an opinion, agreed on by many NGOs and the social elite, that if a woman is sick, and is also a sex worker and has no place to stay, she should be sterilized with her own approval, and not forcefully. The sterilization should be done through a project to convince homeless women to prevent social harm”. In recent years, there has been a growing crisis in Tehran where street children are born and sold by homeless or poor women living in and around the capital. Thousands of such children are put to work a...